Boyd Exell and his team, pictured here at CHIO Aachen in 2019.

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Boyd Exell tops first four-in-hand dressage test at CHIO Aachen

By Equestrian Life

Boyd Exell is off to a great start at CHIO Aachen, finishing at the top of the leaderboard in the first dressage test for four-in-hand drivers. Boyd and his horses Carlos, Checkmate, Ivor and Jalmer HBC scored 36.32 to finish well ahead of Germany’s Mareike Harm in second on 42.05.

In the dressage arena, Helen Langehanenberg and Schoene Scarlett won the Prix St Georges on 76.324%, while the CDI4* Grand Prix went to Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier and Valesco 50 on 74.174%. Australia’s Tayla Desmet and Zaubermaus finished 13th in the PSG with 67.471%, and fellow Aussie William Matthew finished in 20th place in the Grand Prix riding Belantis to a score of 68.174%.

In the jumping arena, team USA won the prestigious Nations Cup from Sweden and France.

Live results and draws from Aachen can be found here.

Aussies in action today:

Eventing SAP Cup - Kevin McNab, with Willunga and Scuderia 1918 A Best Friend (12pm & 2.30pm local time - 8pm & 10.30pm AEST)

CDIO5* Grand Prix - Simone Pearce and Destano (9.33am local time - 5.33pm AEST)

CDI4* Grand Prix Special - William Matthew and Belantis (6.15pm local time - 2.15am Saturday AEST)

Driving (Cones - Top Score class) - Boyd Exell (Class begins 5pm local time - 1am Saturday AEST)

Best of luck to all the Aussies competing today!

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